Hard Landscaping in KT7
Hard landscaping in Thames Ditton, Surrey
Terraces, steps, retaining walls, paths and drainage. The structural half of a garden, built by employed crews rather than subcontractors.
9.86/10Hard landscaping for Thames Ditton gardens
The village centre is period cottages and Victorian terraces on compact plots, and it gives way to 1930s semis and detached houses as you move out towards the A309. Gardens are generally long and narrow rather than wide, which is why so many of our jobs here are a terrace at the house and a second seating area at the far end.
This is our home patch. Our yard is at Manor Farm on Manor Road North, so most Thames Ditton jobs are a five minute drive rather than a scheduled trip, and we can drop back to check something the same day.
The build
How we build it, Thames Ditton or anywhere else
The structural work is the same wherever we build it: levels surveyed, ground dug out to depth, spoil carted away, sub-bases compacted in layers, foundations and edge restraints in concrete, and drainage taken somewhere sensible. What changes street to street is access and where the water can go.
Soft landscaping is quoted with it, so the turf, topsoil and borders go back to the new edges instead of being left for someone else.
- Survey of levels, drainage and access on your plot
- Excavation, muck-away and the council skip permit where a skip stands on the road
- Compacted sub-bases and concrete-haunched edges
- Retaining walls, steps and paths as the levels need
- Drainage into a channel, soakaway or existing run
- Topsoil, turf and planting to finish the scheme
- Jet wash and full clear-up before handover
The full detail on materials, build-up and what a quote covers is on our hard landscaping page.
Nearby project
300 sqm porcelain patio, Oxshott
Our nearest completed case study to Thames Ditton, built to the same specification we would use on your garden.
Over 300 sqm of porcelain paving wrapped around a large Oxshott house, with a bullnosed curved step and built in planters.
- Timescale
- Several weeks
- Approximate value
- Available on request
On the ground
Working in Thames Ditton
How we work on site
We know the village well enough to choose the right method before the first day. Older properties often need materials barrowed through, while the 1930s stock usually has a wider side return or a garage run a mini digger can use, which shortens the groundworks.
Waste and permits
Skip permits from Elmbridge Borough Council are arranged as part of the job. On the village streets with less kerb space we often use grab-away instead of a standing skip, so neighbours keep their parking spaces.
Reviews
What our clients say
9.86/10“First of all my list of nominees working for HD Landscapers and overseeing my project…”
Rosemarie · 3 months ago
Google · 5/5
“We had a great experience with HD Landscape Gardeners. They were a pleasure to deal with from start to finish. The job was completed on schedule and on budget, and the team went out of their way to make it a painless experience...”
Robert · 3 months ago
Google · 5/5
FAQs
Hard landscaping questions we get asked
What counts as hard landscaping?
Anything built rather than planted: patios and paving, driveways, steps, retaining and garden walls, paths, edging, drainage, decking and pergolas, plus the groundworks under all of it. Soft landscaping is the growing half: topsoil, turf, planting and borders.
Do you do soft landscaping as well?
Yes, and we price it in the same quote. Turf, topsoil, planted borders and mulch are part of nearly every scheme we build. We would rather finish the garden than hand over a terrace surrounded by builder's clay.
Do you subcontract the work?
No. We run three and a half employed crews and our own in-house designer. The people who survey your garden are the people who build it, which is the main reason structural details do not get lost between trades.
How long does a hard landscaping project take?
A single terrace or driveway is usually one to two weeks. A full structural scheme with retaining walls, steps, drainage and planting is typically three to five weeks. You get a programme with the quote, and one crew stays on the job from start to finish.
Do I need planning permission?
Usually not for ground-level paving, paths and normal garden walls. It becomes a question with raised terraces near a boundary, walls over about a metre next to a highway, front gardens that are not permeable, and listed or conservation-area properties. We will flag it at the site visit if your job is one of those.
How much does hard landscaping cost in Surrey?
Most of our jobs land between £5,000 and £10,000 for a single element, and £20,000 to £40,000 for a whole-garden scheme. Access, spoil volume, level changes and drainage move the figure far more than the choice of slab. We fix the price in writing after we have measured the site.
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Get a fixed price for your Thames Ditton garden
Tell us the postcode and roughly what you are after. We will come out, measure up and give you a proper fixed price for Thames Ditton, not a ballpark over the phone.